These little cuttings won’t effect this level of nitrates. At all. Also I would fill the planter with lave rock to add biological filtration and to slow down the flow so your plants at least have a chance.
Thks for sharing Ideal to cut a window of 1.5 inch and make a flap under or fit a small connection so the water flow exactly inside the water like that you can risk the water to go underneath the pot. Great idea Thks Mate.
Planning on doing something similar for my koi tank. I'm using 2 submersibles with tubes connected to each side of the plastic pot and putting filter media/sponges so it will pass through the filtration, then through the cut waterfall gaps down the middle. May even grow a few pothos in there too.
having nitrates that high does indicate overload of stocking. I have platies in a 165 Litre tank and had to move a lot to a garden pond because my nitrates were over the top as well. If you were to get a power head you could use the planter as another filter system by turning it into a top filter. You could add in products that can help reduce nitrates. also another thing to look into as well is the Anoxic filter. it will keep nitrates to 0 and you can build it yourself.
@@MrGeri95 yes most of my tanks use top filters so I create anoxic filtration with an under gravel filter. You can also do bcb bags in a canister or hob filter look into Kevin novack’s channel. Anoxic filtration can be applied to any size aquarium
Agree need something like lava rocks and like 40 times as much plant. Solid start though. You also should run all the flow from the return through the new filter
Really creative work mate, absolutely love overhead filtration. I build one for my goldfish aquarium, does same job but different design though. It's amazing how cheap and easy it is build these filters.
If you add java moss in your tank you can remove as it grows it lowers your nitrates as long as your not overstocked. I use java moss on my 2 90gl FW tanks and have no nitrate issues at all. I even sell java moss since I throw a lot away.
I would have used another tube coming out of the planter ,possibly with a ball valve to moderate flow, that goes straight into the tank to avoid the pissing sound.
Having made and used overhead sump filters successfully let me comment a couple of points: you didn't need to drill a hole on the left-hand side of the planter and use all this hose and elbows to bring the water to the planter: like another comment said just "hook" the return on the side of the planter instead of the aquarium. Secondly, I would not rest the planter on the side of the tank as you're putting extra weight on one single panel. I have done that BUT on a tank that was fully braced and extremely solid. Finally, if the water flow if not maintained strong enough you run the risk of having water seep under the planter and outside the tank and run into all kinds of problems. I invite you to search into my old videos about overhead sump to get an idea.
I have been working on a design similar to what you have shown in my mind and a few rough sketches. Watching your video has solved a few issues that I have been trying to figure out. I think if it is done right it can add to the aesthetics of the aquarium without breaking the bank. My tank is in the dining room so as far as my wife is concerned aesthetics is he only concern. I have a 125 Gal tank that is overstocked, 88 fish and the vast majority are over 2 1/2" and several are over 4" It is well planted with Rhizome plants such as anubias, java fern, bolbitus, and buce, but because of my fish population I still have a nitrate problem. My livestock consist of a lot of loaches and other diggers so planting any substrate plants is futile, and floating plants such as duckweed and Sylvia only provide food for my Kribs, Roseline sharks, and my angles. So to solve my Nitrate problem I have to come up with a creative solution and I think building on your design is the answer. I think the first change is that I would run mine independent of my canister filter, I am thinking that I could use a powerhead and hose like your design to pump the water to the planter box. I also think that I would not use the aluminum gutter screen because it could leach aluminum into the water which I believe can be toxic to your fish, thinking some plastic egg crate used in dropped ceilings would be a better choice, and the other change I would have to make is the outlet because noise can be an issue, I would use a bulkhead and 1" pvc pipe to direct the discharge below the surface of the water. I think adding this kind of filter to just about any set up should help with Nitrates, and also an added bonus is the pothos plant also helps purify the air. As the Photos plant fills in it would give the appearance that the plants are growing out of the back of your tank. I think you could also add peace lilys and possibly bamboo to the planter box. I like this ideal better than adding more chemicals to remove the nitrates. The only thing is if the filter works to good and removes to many of the nutrients it could be stunt your aquarium plants. If you are interested you can view my aquarium viewed at ruclips.net/user/beau4269
Hi thank you for watching and taking your time to comment. I do have an update video ruclips.net/video/RoGOLrpt8EI/видео.html and I did go with a separate pump for the filter. The gutter screen is plastic NOT aluminum and to quite the water I added a piece of plastic under the outlet to go to the surface of the tank and it work ok for me. The reason why I didn’t go with bulkhead on the outlet is that I don’t want it to clog up and possibly overflow the filter.
"Best" is yet to be determined, also since you didn't have any update videos. But the idea is nice and the setup is interesting. Thanks for showing your idea and video!
You need to place some ceramic bio filter media under the base, then load up a layer of bio home media on the top, up to the level of the box return slot, so the plants roots have something to hold onto. You should get 100% filtration when fully cycled or 0% nitrates. Add more plants.
Your Prothos needs to be at the intake end of the filter, not right over the outflow. As the roots grow they will trail in the water downstream of the intake. You want as much root exposure to the water as possible. the way you have it, the water won't be exposed to the Protho roots very long at all.
That was at beginning now the pothos grew and filled the whole container and No roots running downstream yet. I had to trim the pothos several times already and do not notice any problems yet.
U can go to Walmart and pick up a 20$ pump that works great instead of using your return pump. This will give the added bonus of more water circulation to your tank.
160 ppm wow, wondering when you last cleaned your canister, and when you last gravel siphoned and how much water you change every week. Not sayings its the case for you but lots of people think they only need to clean there canister every 6 months, but all that waste in your canister is breaking down and producing nitrates. I also saw a video from a guy who spent a year battling high nitrates before realising he should be siphoning his gravel. The plants will help but at 160 ppm they won't be enough, if you are actually doing regular gravel siphons and canister cleans then you will have to remove some fish (probably about half of them).
The tank is downstairs and it doesn’t bother me. But If you add a longer piece of plastic to the outlet that would be submerged in the tank water it pretty much will be silent.
The Fishy Life ! Thank you for commenting I changed it. I took small pump out of a fountain and made it a supply pump . I am still waiting for the plants to grow a little more and I will make an update video.
Start by vacuuming the garbage out of the gravel. That waste is the cause of your water quality/or lack of. I have a co2 system to promote rapid plant growth and a quality light system. To keep water quality high, my plants do a great job.
It would have been better to buy two or three in 6" pots...wash off ALL media..then put that in the tank with all stems above water of course. Soon,the Pothos start to grow water roots. Saves months from starting a few cuttings. Spathiphyllum is virtually neck and neck with Pothos and flowers as a bonus.
Anatolii Gordiienko: if that where true your aquarium itself would also overflow. But it won't its the exact same setup I've been using for the past four years. Although to be fair I have two exits just to be sure. And I don't use a spray bar. It might be to restrictive to the flow.
This works, but if you wanted plants above the tank, you would have put up a plant shelf. Why not use water plants inside the tank, put up a couple nice MH or SHO-CFL grow lights to consume nitrates instead? Alternatively, you can place an aquaponic sump under the tank instead of on top, so you won't have to see it. Putting it on top causes visual clutter, and people can tell that the plants are not to beautify the room but to service the tank. If you build a canopy around the whole top area, that will make it look clean and out of sight. Just a thought.
I want to stay cheap and not to break the bank with expensive lights. Under the tank I cannot fit a sump. Even for my canister filter I had to cut a hole in a stand . The canopy might be a good idea. Thank you.
You can use cheap led floodlights off amazon, and also cheap plants too. You can get a bunch of dwarf sag for less then 10 and it'll spread on the bottom making a carpet. Water wisteria is easy to keep and will spread easy.
Plants living outside the water are hardier, grow faster and are easier to keep This is why many commercial breeders grow aquarium plants emersed. There is no need for CO2 supplementation for rapid growth and more importantly there is no limit to their size. They also will not need to be trimmed to keep the tank looking good. I have a massive peace lily growing out of one ten gallon tank (overstocked with endlers, dwarf puffers and more) you would never fit that much plant mass into the tank and have any room for fish. It keeps my nitrates under control, 20-40 ppm, I am embarrassed to say I went over a year of just water top offs (I do not advise). I never fertilize it and it is basically maintenance free, besides trimming dead foliage which promotes new growth.
Some times it is impossible to grow plants inside the tank itself . My oscar will destroy the plants in no time. Also it is cheaper to do it this way and you can plant lettuce and other veggies in the pot. And you have the bonus of increased water volume without a sump
I couldn't see the filter on top of the tank, I only saw a hole on your red shirt. Is a good idea, but we all must remember that everything , food and poop falls and settled to the bottom of the tank, to me the Best filter is an undergravel filter connected to a hangover filter , the undergravel filter will clean all the food and poop that falls on the gravel, then the hangover filter will suck all the gunk that comes through the gravel and falls in the sponges , clean the water & the gravel, without you doing all that work.
I am looking for about your product place. Me a message . When I post this , I am looking for more information no this. Plants did video want no plans I like to use in this videos when they help the plant to grow would it work on other points
I have a 75 gallon with only 4 gourami fish. And my nitrates are high I have to do lots of water changes. There's a specific bacteria that takes about 6 months to grow in the proper conditions that only deal with nitrates the other bacteria does not deal with nitrates and takes 1-4 weeks to grow to handle the other toxins. So a recent cycled tank could still have high nitrates because of that.
Not fun for his fish in the mean time, the plants will take time to have any effect and even then they will not be enough. In the mean time his fish suffer. If he is not going to reduce stocking levels then he needs to be doing 20% water changes every single day until his nitrates are below 40 ppm. And after that as often as is required to keep it there.
I liked it and may copy the idea but will adapt it a little. Instead of drilling holes into the planter, I will just hook the outlet pipe over the top of the planter. I shall also fill the planter itself with those lightweight clay balls you use for hydroponics.
it dont have to be clay, concrete balls,, plastic ore cheramic and so on works too... point is to get a big surface area so that the bacteria that eat nitrates have somthing to grow on. those bacterias are in most tap water,, but not consentrated enough to make colony,, like they create in a filter with large surface where the water runs slowly
Hi, Could you please say in one sentence: How effective is Pothos in reduction of Nitrates? B) why there are so many other people in youtube saying Pothos is actually bad for the tanks Nitrate?
The only reason ppl are saying it's bad is because it is so OVERLY efficient in removing nitrates it can cause a parameter swing in the water. Rather than learning to compensate with the new nitrate vacuum, they'd rather stick with a system for keeping their tanks stable that they've already figured out. Plants are a living, growing thing and the larger it gets (more roots) the better job it does, therefore a constantly changing tool. Most ppl don't want to fuss with that. I am perpetually propagating plants in my tanks and I have a ton of awesome re-potted houseplants! edit: OMG I didn't realize how old this comment was LOL! I'm sure you've figured it out by now...but I'll leave it in case anyone else reads down the road like I did.
I was thinking about that but I don’t want debris to build up inside the pipe and possibly overflowing. Maybe it would never happen but that’s why I didn’t do it.
Yes it’s working but the plant taking it’s time to grow. The bigger the plant the better it works. Here is the update video: ruclips.net/video/RoGOLrpt8EI/видео.html
i use to keep marine fish watching several video no one seem to use power heads with under gravel filteration has it gone out of fashion in 10 years i never changed the water once, it came to a end when i moved house
Paul Jimenez hi sorry no I don’t have an update yet I am still waiting for the plant to grow bigger because I clipped it off on the day of the video so I had to wait for the roots to start growing
Bio media in the planter for those who want more filtering. I do this with aqua clear hang on back filters wit potholes myself with good luck. Also have a Lucky bamboo growing out of a Aquaclear 70 of course with the lids removed.
Bio media does nothing to reduce nitrates. It converts Ammonia to Nitrites, and Nitrites to Nitrates. Bio media produces nitrates it doesn't remove them.
Patrick, In an Aquaponics system the plants eat the nitrates, That's kind of the whole point, to produce nitrates for the plants to use to grow. If bio media reduced nitrates then people wouldn't use them in Aquaponics systems because they need the nitrates for the plants to grow.
What nonsense. Its not a filter at all. You already had plants in the tank adding 2 more wont do squat! Your problem is your pathetically slow water flow thru the filter, the filter media & do a water change more often.
These little cuttings won’t effect this level of nitrates. At all. Also I would fill the planter with lave rock to add biological filtration and to slow down the flow so your plants at least have a chance.
Thanks for showing the build. There aren't many videos that get really specific about how to build a similar set-up.
I have some gutter guards just sitting in my garage.... I'm going to put it to use... thanks for the idea!!
Thks for sharing Ideal to cut a window of 1.5 inch and make a flap under or fit a small connection so the water flow exactly inside the water like that you can risk the water to go underneath the pot.
Great idea Thks Mate.
Planning on doing something similar for my koi tank. I'm using 2 submersibles with tubes connected to each side of the plastic pot and putting filter media/sponges so it will pass through the filtration, then through the cut waterfall gaps down the middle. May even grow a few pothos in there too.
having nitrates that high does indicate overload of stocking. I have platies in a 165 Litre tank and had to move a lot to a garden pond because my nitrates were over the top as well. If you were to get a power head you could use the planter as another filter system by turning it into a top filter. You could add in products that can help reduce nitrates. also another thing to look into as well is the Anoxic filter. it will keep nitrates to 0 and you can build it yourself.
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it is possible to make an Anoxic filter for a small , around 50-100L fish tank?
@@MrGeri95 yes most of my tanks use top filters so I create anoxic filtration with an under gravel filter. You can also do bcb bags in a canister or hob filter look into Kevin novack’s channel. Anoxic filtration can be applied to any size aquarium
Agree need something like lava rocks and like 40 times as much plant. Solid start though. You also should run all the flow from the return through the new filter
Really creative work mate, absolutely love overhead filtration. I build one for my goldfish aquarium, does same job but different design though. It's amazing how cheap and easy it is build these filters.
If you add java moss in your tank you can remove as it grows it lowers your nitrates as long as your not overstocked. I use java moss on my 2 90gl FW tanks and have no nitrate issues at all. I even sell java moss since I throw a lot away.
love these diy projects videos ty (knowledge is power)
Just hang the pothos directly into the tank or have it in a basket in the tank. I do this on 1000l tank, works well
We've done the same with English ivy. The roots look awesome in the tank.
I would have used another tube coming out of the planter ,possibly with a ball valve to moderate flow, that goes straight into the tank to avoid the pissing sound.
Having made and used overhead sump filters successfully let me comment a couple of points: you didn't need to drill a hole on the left-hand side of the planter and use all this hose and elbows to bring the water to the planter: like another comment said just "hook" the return on the side of the planter instead of the aquarium. Secondly, I would not rest the planter on the side of the tank as you're putting extra weight on one single panel. I have done that BUT on a tank that was fully braced and extremely solid. Finally, if the water flow if not maintained strong enough you run the risk of having water seep under the planter and outside the tank and run into all kinds of problems. I invite you to search into my old videos about overhead sump to get an idea.
for the outlet flow,u should drill the hole and install elbow pipe..looks more better for me
I have been working on a design similar to what you have shown in my mind and a few rough sketches. Watching your video has solved a few issues that I have been trying to figure out. I think if it is done right it can add to the aesthetics of the aquarium without breaking the bank. My tank is in the dining room so as far as my wife is concerned aesthetics is he only concern. I have a 125 Gal tank that is overstocked, 88 fish and the vast majority are over 2 1/2" and several are over 4" It is well planted with Rhizome plants such as anubias, java fern, bolbitus, and buce, but because of my fish population I still have a nitrate problem. My livestock consist of a lot of loaches and other diggers so planting any substrate plants is futile, and floating plants such as duckweed and Sylvia only provide food for my Kribs, Roseline sharks, and my angles. So to solve my Nitrate problem I have to come up with a creative solution and I think building on your design is the answer. I think the first change is that I would run mine independent of my canister filter, I am thinking that I could use a powerhead and hose like your design to pump the water to the planter box. I also think that I would not use the aluminum gutter screen because it could leach aluminum into the water which I believe can be toxic to your fish, thinking some plastic egg crate used in dropped ceilings would be a better choice, and the other change I would have to make is the outlet because noise can be an issue, I would use a bulkhead and 1" pvc pipe to direct the discharge below the surface of the water. I think adding this kind of filter to just about any set up should help with Nitrates, and also an added bonus is the pothos plant also helps purify the air. As the Photos plant fills in it would give the appearance that the plants are growing out of the back of your tank. I think you could also add peace lilys and possibly bamboo to the planter box. I like this ideal better than adding more chemicals to remove the nitrates. The only thing is if the filter works to good and removes to many of the nutrients it could be stunt your aquarium plants. If you are interested you can view my aquarium viewed at ruclips.net/user/beau4269
Hi thank you for watching and taking your time to comment. I do have an update video ruclips.net/video/RoGOLrpt8EI/видео.html and I did go with a separate pump for the filter. The gutter screen is plastic NOT aluminum and to quite the water I added a piece of plastic under the outlet to go to the surface of the tank and it work ok for me. The reason why I didn’t go with bulkhead on the outlet is that I don’t want it to clog up and possibly overflow the filter.
I just watched your tank oh I wish I could have a big tank:( looks good.
Lowering that light would be a good idea. Growth is what lowers nitrates
"Best" is yet to be determined, also since you didn't have any update videos. But the idea is nice and the setup is interesting.
Thanks for showing your idea and video!
There is an update ruclips.net/video/RoGOLrpt8EI/видео.html
You need to place some ceramic bio filter media under the base, then load up a layer of bio home media on the top, up to the level of the box return slot, so the plants roots have something to hold onto. You should get 100% filtration when fully cycled or 0% nitrates. Add more plants.
Awesome filter, whats the name of the white connector you used to block the hole and connect the pipe to?
Hose Barb Adapter
Your Prothos needs to be at the intake end of the filter, not right over the outflow. As the roots grow they will trail in the water downstream of the intake. You want as much root exposure to the water as possible. the way you have it, the water won't be exposed to the Protho roots very long at all.
That was at beginning now the pothos grew and filled the whole container and No roots running downstream yet. I had to trim the pothos several times already and do not notice any problems yet.
Add an air bubble diffuser for faster root growth and more plants.
U can go to Walmart and pick up a 20$ pump that works great instead of using your return pump. This will give the added bonus of more water circulation to your tank.
I did you can watch the update video that is the only thing I changed. Thank you
What kind of pump at wall mart ?
www.harborfreight.com/158-gph-submersible-fountain-pump-63315.html
Like this one.
160 ppm wow, wondering when you last cleaned your canister, and when you last gravel siphoned and how much water you change every week. Not sayings its the case for you but lots of people think they only need to clean there canister every 6 months, but all that waste in your canister is breaking down and producing nitrates. I also saw a video from a guy who spent a year battling high nitrates before realising he should be siphoning his gravel.
The plants will help but at 160 ppm they won't be enough, if you are actually doing regular gravel siphons and canister cleans then you will have to remove some fish (probably about half of them).
Hit it with prime. Gravel vac what you can. Clean filter and change it up.
I'm glad it is not me who has to listen to the tank take an endless piss.
The tank is downstairs and it doesn’t bother me. But If you add a longer piece of plastic to the outlet that would be submerged in the tank water it pretty much will be silent.
Anatolii- Thanks for the video! And Ignore Mark- let him go have his Adventures as a Dic* elsewhere.
Lol that made me laugh 😂
lol
I actually like the sound of water. Weather and aquarium, or a river flowing. I find it calming, I don't know. 🤷♂️
I love that but you're like "yeh, my aquarium's my work bench....meh, so what wanna fight about it?" lol!!
You could possibly get some pond plants and pot them in there too.
Large volume low Flow!! Perfect!! But your canister filter is outputting very oxygen rich. Water
The Fishy Life ! Thank you for commenting I changed it. I took small pump out of a fountain and made it a supply pump . I am still waiting for the plants to grow a little more and I will make an update video.
Watch out! After a while the water will start to follow the bottom of the filter and outside your aquarium!!! I know from experinence...
What do you mean by this?
Start by vacuuming the garbage out of the gravel. That waste is the cause of your water quality/or lack of. I have a co2 system to promote rapid plant growth and a quality light system. To keep water quality high, my plants do a great job.
And the minute you step out the water starts to run down the bottom of your planter, over the back of the tank and now you have ...
It would have been better to buy two or three in 6" pots...wash off ALL media..then put that in the tank with all stems above water of course. Soon,the Pothos start to grow water roots. Saves months from starting a few cuttings. Spathiphyllum is virtually neck and neck with Pothos and flowers as a bonus.
Not exactly designed for the front room but who cares if it works 👍
Wow nice filter great stuff 👍
Why not go directly from the filter to the planter and then exit to your spraybar?
Because it will overflow
And I did add another pump just for the planter
Anatolii Gordiienko: if that where true your aquarium itself would also overflow. But it won't its the exact same setup I've been using for the past four years. Although to be fair I have two exits just to be sure.
And I don't use a spray bar. It might be to restrictive to the flow.
can you please tell where to buy this continer ?
I bought it at home depot
This works, but if you wanted plants above the tank, you would have put up a plant shelf.
Why not use water plants inside the tank, put up a couple nice MH or SHO-CFL grow lights to consume nitrates instead?
Alternatively, you can place an aquaponic sump under the tank instead of on top, so you won't have to see it.
Putting it on top causes visual clutter, and people can tell that the plants are not to beautify the room but to service the tank. If you build a canopy around the whole top area, that will make it look clean and out of sight. Just a thought.
I want to stay cheap and not to break the bank with expensive lights. Under the tank I cannot fit a sump. Even for my canister filter I had to cut a hole in a stand . The canopy might be a good idea. Thank you.
You can use cheap led floodlights off amazon, and also cheap plants too. You can get a bunch of dwarf sag for less then 10 and it'll spread on the bottom making a carpet. Water wisteria is easy to keep and will spread easy.
Plants living outside the water are hardier, grow faster and are easier to keep This is why many commercial breeders grow aquarium plants emersed. There is no need for CO2 supplementation for rapid growth and more importantly there is no limit to their size. They also will not need to be trimmed to keep the tank looking good. I have a massive peace lily growing out of one ten gallon tank (overstocked with endlers, dwarf puffers and more) you would never fit that much plant mass into the tank and have any room for fish. It keeps my nitrates under control, 20-40 ppm, I am embarrassed to say I went over a year of just water top offs (I do not advise). I never fertilize it and it is basically maintenance free, besides trimming dead foliage which promotes new growth.
Some times it is impossible to grow plants inside the tank itself . My oscar will destroy the plants in no time. Also it is cheaper to do it this way and you can plant lettuce and other veggies in the pot. And you have the bonus of increased water volume without a sump
Having a top sump like that you dont need to worry about a leak or pump failure draining your tank though as its above pump and tank level.
This plant works well at low light levels so the light is not necessary if you don’t want it. X
Nice job!
I couldn't see the filter on top of the tank, I only saw a hole on your red shirt. Is a good idea, but we all must remember that everything , food and poop falls and settled to the bottom of the tank, to me the Best filter is an undergravel filter connected to a hangover filter , the undergravel filter will clean all the food and poop that falls on the gravel, then the hangover filter will suck all the gunk that comes through the gravel and falls in the sponges , clean the water & the gravel, without you doing all that work.
4:00 into video
Me: I bet the water level don't get that high.. lol thanks for sharing!
I am looking for about your product place. Me a message . When I post this , I am looking for more information no this. Plants did video want no plans
I like to use in this videos when they help the plant to grow would it work on other points
Over feeding is usually the culprit with high nitrates.
Good idea but maybe high nitrates is too many fish in a little tank.
Overstocking is fun - as long as you can process/export the resulting nitrates - which is what he is doing.
I have a 75 gallon with only 4 gourami fish. And my nitrates are high I have to do lots of water changes. There's a specific bacteria that takes about 6 months to grow in the proper conditions that only deal with nitrates the other bacteria does not deal with nitrates and takes 1-4 weeks to grow to handle the other toxins. So a recent cycled tank could still have high nitrates because of that.
Not fun for his fish in the mean time, the plants will take time to have any effect and even then they will not be enough. In the mean time his fish suffer. If he is not going to reduce stocking levels then he needs to be doing 20% water changes every single day until his nitrates are below 40 ppm. And after that as often as is required to keep it there.
good point. thought the same when i saw the amount of stock in his tank.
Bulkhead fittings are way safer against leaks
Awesome idea!!
I liked it and may copy the idea but will adapt it a little. Instead of drilling holes into the planter, I will just hook the outlet pipe over the top of the planter. I shall also fill the planter itself with those lightweight clay balls you use for hydroponics.
it dont have to be clay, concrete balls,, plastic ore cheramic and so on works too... point is to get a big surface area so that the bacteria that eat nitrates have somthing to grow on. those bacterias are in most tap water,, but not consentrated enough to make colony,, like they create in a filter with large surface where the water runs slowly
I would use a fast growing plant like Spiderplant or Ipomeoa
Some people should watch RUclips, some people should make tutorial videos with their knowledge, you sir are a watch RUclips kinda guy
Way too much action was off camera. Nice watching the fish while he's telling us what he's doing off camera!
Awesome thanks for sharing ! ! !
Purigen would also help with nitrates.
Hi, Could you please say in one sentence:
How effective is Pothos in reduction of Nitrates?
B) why there are so many other people in youtube saying Pothos is actually bad for the tanks Nitrate?
Sir Fa its actually good for nitrate.
and its easy to grow
The only reason ppl are saying it's bad is because it is so OVERLY efficient in removing nitrates it can cause a parameter swing in the water. Rather than learning to compensate with the new nitrate vacuum, they'd rather stick with a system for keeping their tanks stable that they've already figured out. Plants are a living, growing thing and the larger it gets (more roots) the better job it does, therefore a constantly changing tool. Most ppl don't want to fuss with that. I am perpetually propagating plants in my tanks and I have a ton of awesome re-potted houseplants!
edit: OMG I didn't realize how old this comment was LOL! I'm sure you've figured it out by now...but I'll leave it in case anyone else reads down the road like I did.
You should put some lava rocks or other biological stones under the water in your tray...that will really help boost your bio filtration.
what size the tank is
55G
If you would've drilled a hole and added a pvc elbow and some pipe it would be quiter and look better
I was thinking about that but I don’t want debris to build up inside the pipe and possibly overflowing. Maybe it would never happen but that’s why I didn’t do it.
Nice build. New sub here 😁👍
Bro you need to put some stones like lava rocks etc on that container.
Hi Anatolii, any updates so far? have the nitrates went down? Did it work?
Yes it’s working but the plant taking it’s time to grow. The bigger the plant the better it works. Here is the update video:
ruclips.net/video/RoGOLrpt8EI/видео.html
its good
Planters size plz
Home the box filter not nothing contains some carbon actif, zeolite stone, etc.
did it end up working for you?
Yes I have an update video. Best DIY nitrates filter UPDATEruclips.net/video/RoGOLrpt8EI/видео.html
thanks man :)
Or try biohome media, kilo per 100litres for full nitrogen cycle
Bad idea .. use pipes and pond pump.. gravel the system to for your plants to root to.
i use to keep marine fish watching several video no one seem to use power heads with under gravel filteration has it gone out of fashion in 10 years i never changed the water once, it came to a end when i moved house
Best DIY nitrates filter is a bakki shower, bit difficult with an aquarium though.....
Anotolii, do you have the update?
Paul Jimenez hi sorry no I don’t have an update yet I am still waiting for the plant to grow bigger because I clipped it off on the day of the video so I had to wait for the roots to start growing
Bio media in the planter for those who want more filtering.
I do this with aqua clear hang on back filters wit potholes myself with good luck. Also have a Lucky bamboo growing out of a Aquaclear 70 of course with the lids removed.
Bio media does nothing to reduce nitrates. It converts Ammonia to Nitrites, and Nitrites to Nitrates. Bio media produces nitrates it doesn't remove them.
Daniel Hughes If that was true, aquaponics would not work.
Patrick, In an Aquaponics system the plants eat the nitrates, That's kind of the whole point, to produce nitrates for the plants to use to grow. If bio media reduced nitrates then people wouldn't use them in Aquaponics systems because they need the nitrates for the plants to grow.
that's cool, but that you really need to do is get yourself a python gravel vac and do 3 x 50% water changes.
your nitrates are very high at 160 ppm. the first 50% w/c will drop them to 80, the second to 40 and the 3rd will drop nitrates to 20 ppm
Almost looks like a horizontal river style turf scrubber ATS
better pump and better light maybe?
My advice is don’t do diy over your tank. Also that amount of pothos won’t do fuck all to nitrates. You will need a lot more
PT.2 his room flooded. ..lol
You could take that plastic out and put a bunch of lava rocks in there to add more biological filtration as well.
Sweet potato works well
that will so drip behind in time
unusual to have high nitrates in a planted tank
Plants only consume nitrates when they are growing and to keep up with a heavy bio load they must grow rapidly ( strong lights and CO2 maybe needed).
But he has about 300 guppies so there ya go.
i have an insanely planted tank and one betta and my nitrates are through the roof. i think i have some decaying plant leaves
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I would have accidentally dropped all that stuff in the aquarium.
It's called Aquaponics. ;)
He said that
Basically aquaponics.
Зачем вы эту рыгу сделали?
Anatolii you english or russian
Ukrainian
Man, if that is your water flow through your sump, no wonder you had problems with water quality.
Lol
The water we'll run under the pot,
What nonsense. Its not a filter at all. You already had plants in the tank adding 2 more wont do squat! Your problem is your pathetically slow water flow thru the filter, the filter media & do a water change more often.
😂😂😂😂 I bet u reviewed your video.
Not enough flow will clog up eventually 😩
You have nitrates becase you have many fish.....
14:39 minutes just to say, “Nitrates too high. So I put pothos in water.”
jiggle the handle
😂😂😂😂
Done Eflatun Kitaplık
Got it thanks
Nu i chto dalshe? Xa.xa
А дальше продолжение следует ruclips.net/video/RoGOLrpt8EI/видео.html
too many fish, mate.
Ну и кто тут ест нитраты ???
No, Bears are Best
Too many fish in the tank!
160ppm. I’m in that club too !!
Что у вас бурлит? Пузырей очень много! Закрыто вентиль и фугу!!!
I appreciate you ingenuity, however that is too ugly for display. A fish room, yeah.